The three peak times of the year to view the seals is in late January (when most births have occurred), early May (the peak of the juvenile / adult
female molt), and in late October (juvenile haul - out).
Females molt in the spring, juveniles in the early summer, and adult males molt in the late summer.
Not exact matches
He is currently investigating the effects of single - parent desertion on growth and survival of offspring, and how
females adjust their
molt and migration schedules to deal with male desertion.
«It may just be an unavoidable consequence of the prolonged nesting season and early male
molt, and
females are able to deal with it just fine.»
Males arrive on the breeding grounds earlier than
females and nearly always begin
molt earlier than their mates.
Some
females sing when they are young but stop after their first
molt.
Female mites lays eggs deep in the skin, while the larvae hatched from eggs grows as a nymph and then
molts into an adult.
The microfilariae go through several stages of development inside the
female mosquito,
molting from larval stage L1 to L2 and then L3.
The deutonymph then
molts into a male or
female adult.
Northern males and young adults haul out during June to July to
molt; northern
females and immature seals during April to May.
[7] The
females and juveniles will
molt first, followed by the sub adult males, and finally the large mature males.
Spring and Summer
Molt April: Females and juveniles return to m
Molt April:
Females and juveniles return to
moltmolt.